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Best Practices in Competitive Contracting

Seminar Description

This comprehensive two-day seminar covers the latest court decisions and leading edge business strategies for getting maximum value from your procurement processes. The fundamentals of competitive contracting are discussed along with more advanced strategies and emerging issues.

Critical Court Decisions

The seminar guides you through major changes in Canadian law and practice. It highlights critical problem areas in competitive contracting and offers the latest innovative methods to minimize legal risks. It illustrates how to avoid expensive litigation and limit your personal and professional exposure to liabilities.

Draft RFPs, Multiple Stages and Web-based Procurements

Explore the benefits of the latest practices in use by organizations across Canada. Learn how these strategies can enhance your organization's reputation for fairness, openness and transparency. Discuss the use of draft RFPs to narrow the gap between the incumbent and the challengers and the advantages of using web-based procurements when deadlines are tight.

RFPs without Contract A Obligations

Can you imagine procurement without the burden of Contract A obligations? Review the innovative language used by organizations to eliminate Contract A from their RFP process and the recent Canadian judgments on this issue. Explore the legal, ethical and practical implications of this new development.

Who should attend?

Designed for public and private sector audiences who:
  • Run tendering or RFP processes, or evaluate tender bids or RFP proposals
  • Prepare specifications for major tendering or RFP projects
  • Use competitive bidding to reduce costs and maximize value for money

Seminar Materials and Real Life Case Studies

Each participant receives a seminar binder with over 200 pages of up-to-date information. This binder summarizes all key discussions, recent court decisions, real-life case studies, checklists, sample policies, clauses and documents. It is an excellent reference tool that you will value long after the seminar has ended.

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National Education Consulting Inc.
#2305 - 4464 Markham Street, Vancouver Island Technology Park, Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8
Tel: (250) 370-0041 * Fax: (250) 370-0042 * E-mail: inquiries@neci-legaledge.com

This page last updated Oct 29, 2006